title: [Behavior of adiposity indices in relation to body weight and height between the ages of 3 and 17 years].
abstract: We studied the coefficients of correlation between weight and height and four adiposity indices (weight/height 0,5; weight/height; weight/height2; weight/height3), year to year, in 1676 schoolchildren of both sexes (663 boys and 1,013 girls), aged between 3 and 17 years. Weight-for-height index should be uncorrelated with height and highly correlated with weight. In our study, Quetelet index (w/h2) in females and Rohrer index (w/h3) in males, are independent from height. Between two indices, Quetelet index had better correlations with weight.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias y Cirugía, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Forriol Campos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rother
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity; D012885:Skinfold Thickness
vernacular_title: Comportamiento de cuatro índices ponderales con relación al peso y a la altura desde los tres a los diecisiete años.